Watching DNA breath one molecule at a time

Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences of the United States of America

Volumn 110, Issue 43, 2013, Pages 17173-17174

  Fei, Jingyi ^a   Ha, Taekjip ^a,b,c  

^a University of Illinois at Urbana Champaign   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF ILLINOIS AT URBANA CHAMPAIGN   (United States)

^c HOWARD HUGHES MEDICAL INSTITUTE   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CURVED DNA; DNA; DNA BINDING PROTEIN; SINGLE STRANDED DNA;

CONFORMATIONAL TRANSITION; DNA DENATURATION; DNA DETERMINATION; DNA SEQUENCE; DNA SYNTHESIS; GENE EXPRESSION; GENETIC CODE; LINEAR DICHROISM; MOLECULAR DYNAMICS; MOLECULE; NOTE; NUCLEAR MAGNETIC RESONANCE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROTEIN ASSEMBLY; SPECTROSCOPY; TEMPERATURE;

DNA REPLICATION; DNA, VIRAL; FLUORESCENCE RESONANCE ENERGY TRANSFER; VIRAL PROTEINS;

EID: 84886400557     PISSN: 00278424     EISSN: 10916490     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1073/pnas.1316493110     Document Type: Note

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